Mock Red Hill and Main Ridge Dairy

RED HILL, MAIN RIDGE

Taste the artisan produce at the cidery and farmgate of biodynamic apple orchard Mock Red Hill (mockredhill. com.au), before trying the goat’s cheeses at Main Ridge Dairy (mainridgedairy.com.au), where goats frolic in the field.

The indulgence Peninsula Hot Springs

FINGAL

Spend dreamy hours in the naturally heated thermal pools in the hinterland above St Andrews Beach. Peninsula Hot Springs (peninsulahot springs.com; above, left) has shallow pools for toddlers, baby barrel baths and a cave pool that older kids will love.

The view

Arthurs Seat Eagle

ARTHURS SEAT

Enjoy a bird’s-eye view of Port Phillip Bay with a gondola lift to the peninsula’s highest point at Arthurs Seat (aseagle. com.au; above). Grab a hot chocolate at The Eagle Café before the return journey.